Café Fleur De Lis, New Orleans, LA USA

“Thank god Josh sent me in the wrong direction,” I thought, clutching my new pair of shorts as I headed to the chosen brunch spot. Packing in haste had left me with only pants – not the best outerwear for Jazz Fest, and walking around New Orleans I was already sweating even before we made […]

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Sheraton Downtown, Los Angeles, CA USA

There was no room service menu in my hotel room. I started the day at 5am, switched hotels, was interviewed on stage at a conference, had several more meetings, attended a reception for networking and literally ate 2 croissants the whole day; I was dead tired when I arrived to my hotel room at the […]

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Starbucks, Yonganli, Beijing, China

I woke up to the blaring sound of Chinese folk music coming from outside; it felt foreign. Where am I? What time is it? If you wake up at a different time, in a different place, could you wake up as a different person? I checked the mirror – nope, just the bed head version […]

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Bourbon City Bistro, Bardstown, KY, USA

Who would have thought bourbon distilleries would be so interesting? Well, probably a lot of people, but either way, I had no idea what “bourbon tasting” or the Kentucky Bourbon Trail had in store for us. I had been to many wineries where you stand in front of 5 different glasses and sip each, and […]

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TGI Friday’s, Dallas Fort Worth Airport DFW, TX USA

Apparently if you’re flying “First Class” on American Airlines, you can’t use their lounge. So who has access to the Admirals Club? What a lame “rewards” system; spend money to fly first, still can’t use the lounge. My plan switching flights in Dallas was to grab some free drinks and a snack in the lounge, […]

Acting Café, Terminal 1, Shanghai/Pudong Airport, China

All I wanted was Starbucks. That’s it. I was flying from Beijing to Okinawa, connecting through Shanghai, and with a 4 hour layover all I wanted was to sit at a Starbucks and sip on an iced latte while answering emails. I was in the international terminal of Pudong afterall, this shouldn’t be a big […]

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